Education
1994 MFA Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1988 BA American Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT
One Person Exhibitions
2024 Torrance York: Semaphore, A Journey Through Parkinson’s, Albano Building Gallery
United Nations, New York, NY
2024 Torrance York: Semaphore, A Journey Through Parkinson’s, Lightburn Gallery,
New Canaan, CT
2023 Torrance York: Semaphore, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham State University, MA
2022 Torrance York: Semaphore, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY
2020 Torrance York: Public Places, ROOM, Greenwich, CT
2019 Common Ground: Irwin N41º08.910'W073º30.533' 333ft., New Canaan Museum &
Historical Society, CT
2016 New & Far, Littlejohn Contemporary, New Canaan, CT
2013 Torrance York: Traces, Southport Galleries, Southport, CT
2012 Torrance York Photography, ROOM, Greenwich, CT
2008 Road Works, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2007 Point of Place: Photographs by Torrance York, Curtis Gallery, New Canaan Library, CT
Torrance York photographs Here and Now, Thos. Moser, New York, NY
2002 Torrance York: Color Photographs, Thos. Moser, New York, NY
1995 Seeing through Memory, video installation, Dow's Gallery, Snowmass Village, CO
1994 Superiors, Mediums & Basics: Solo Thesis Exhibit, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 in/SIGHT, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Size Matters, Medium Photo, Athenaeum Art Center, San Diego, CA, Juror: Crista Dix
Parkinson’s Artists Art Show, South Windsor Public Library, South Windsor, CT
2023 we like small things v6, Filter Photo, Filter Space, Chicago, IL Juror: Anna Goldwater Alexander
The Inner Light: An Art Exhibit of Artistic Expression and Spiritual Exploration – 100th Anniversary
Silvermine Guild of Artists, The Sheen Center, New York, NY
Personal Territory: Annual Members Exhibition, LA Center for Photographs, Los Angeles, CA (online)
Juror: Andi Campognone
Blue Sky Members Exhibit 2023 - Balance, Blue Skye Gallery, Portland, OR (online)
Healing Hallways of Art with Katonah Museum of Art, Northwell Northern Westchester Hospital,
Mt. Kisco, NY
Light Conversation Vol. 4, Smalltalk Collective, Portland, OR
If it makes you happy, Float Magazine, Juror: Lanna Apisukh (online)
Enigma of Life, ArtDoc Magazine (online)
Elemental, Analog Forever Magazine, Juror: Donna Cosentino, Gallery Director, The Photographer’s Eye (online)
Common Objects, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, Juror: Doug Beasley (online)
Abstract Visions, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Back on the Shelf, FilterPhoto, Filter Space, Chicago, IL, Juror: Paul D'Amato
Life Perceived, Yellow Studio & Katonah Museum Artists' Assoc., Cross River, NY
2022 3rd Barcelona Foto Biennial, Fotonostrum, Barcelona, Spain
Shapes, All About Photo.com online and AAP Magazine #26, Los Angeles, CA
Yearbook 2022, online exhibition, Shutter Hub, London, UK
Portfolio 2022, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA, Juror:
Karen E. Haas, Lane Senior Curator of Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
8th International Call for Contemporary Photography, RI Center for Photographic Arts, Providence
Juror: Jessica Roscio, Director & Curator of the Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA
Future Prefect/Imperfect: The Next Century, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2021 The Photo Review 2020 Best of Show, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Kathy Ryan, Photo Editor & Jessica Dimson, Deputy Director, NY Times Magazine
27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA Juror: Arnika Dawkins, Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2020 95th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: David Campany & Larissa Goldston
About Women, Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, Norwalk, CT
2019 The Art of Being a Girl, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Silvermine ‘Summer Salon’ Guild Exhibit, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Juror: Paul Efstathiou Director of Contemporary Art, Hollis Taggart, NY
2018 Guild Group Exhibit, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, Curator: Susan Eisner Eley
Silvermine Photographers, Hearst Connecticut Media Group, Norwalk, CT
American Spllendour, Ilon Gallery, Harlem, NY
Rotations: Gallery Highlights, Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY
Perfect Partners: Art in Design, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2017 Waveny - Now and Then, New Canaan Historical Society, New Canaan, CT
37th Annual Photography Show, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
The Story of Art, Pequot Library, Fairfield, CT
2016 The Good Show, Art & Sound Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2015 Inaugural Show, Littlejohn Contemporary, New Canaan, CT
35th Annual Photography Show, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2014 The Photo Show: Emerging Images, Schelfhaudt Gallery, University of Bridgeport, CT
Contemporary Landscapes, Ridgefield Library, Ridgefield, CT, Curated by Rachel Volpone
Outside Focus, The Drawing Room, Cos Cob, CT
2013 Where are We (going)?, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, Curated by Emily Cheng
The Barn and Beyond, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Places I Remember from Maine to Montauk, Southport Galleries, Southport, CT
Images, Fairfield Museum & History Center, Fairfield, CT
2012 Important Incidentals: Six Guild Photographers, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
American Pastoral: A Landscape Show, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Setting Order: A selection of recipients of the Artist Fellowship Program, CT Commission
on Culture & Tourism, Hartford, CT
2011 Kaleidoscope: Variance in Views, GE Cultural Fine Art Gallery, Fairfield, CT
Crossroads, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
38th Annual Art Show: Bedford, Bedford, NY
2010 New Directions 2010, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Inside/Out, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Fresh Pics: Contemporary Art in CT, Curated by Camilla Cook, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT
Silver Eye Center for Photography New Works Gallery Online, www.silvereye.org/exhibitions
Heart for Haiti, Rockwell Art & Framing, New Canaan and Westport, CT
2009 Next to Dürer: Old Masters + Contemporary Masters, Lanier Collections, Darien, CT
2nd Annual Camera Works, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
Images, Fairfield Museum & History Center, Fairfield, CT
Elsewhere, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
The Abstracted Eye, Wilton Public Library, Wilton, CT, Curated by Jeff Mueller
RISD New England Biennial, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2008 Littlejohn Contemporary at AQUA Art Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL
Aldrich Undercover, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Touring Connecticut with CT Artists, CT Commission on Culture & Tourism, Hartford, CT
31st Annual Juried Exhibition, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
Art of the Northeast, 59th Annual Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2007 Radius: Emerging Artists from Connecticut & Southeastern New York,
Ridgefield Guild of Artits with Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Spectra: National Photography Triennial, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Topos: Brooklyn, Nelson Hancock Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Environmental Visions: Beauty & Fragility, Haskins Laboratory Gallery, New Haven, CT
13th Annual Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Land marks, 22 Haviland Street Gallery, South Norwalk, CT
2006 Small Works for Giving, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, NY
Art of the Northeast, 57th Annual Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Photography Now 2006, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
and 401 Projects, New York, NY
2004 ReFresh Print Biennial I, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, WI
78th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Art of the Northeast, 54th Annual Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Westworks 2003, Peck Arts Center Gallery, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY
2002 Art of the Northeast, 53rd Annual Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2000 Autobiography, Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI
Photography Now, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, Juror: Frank Gohlke
18th Annual Juried Show, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, Juror: Philip Brookmen
1997 Stories from Her, National traveling exhibition, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Awards
2022 Winner, Lucie Foundation, International Photography Awards, Book – Monograph (Non-pro)
2022 3rd Place, 8th International Call for Contemporary Photography, RI Center for Photographic
Arts, Providence, RI Juror: Jessica Roscio, Director & Curator of the Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA
2021 Critical Mass 2021 Finalist, Photo Lucida Competition, Portland, OR
2021 Art + Science Honorable Mention Award, Lenscratch Magazine
2021 Critical Mass 2021 Finalist, Photo Lucida Competition, Portland, OR
2021 Honorable Mention, The Photo Review 2020 Competition, Langhorn, PA
Jurors: Kathy Ryan & Jessica Dimson
2020 Semifinalist, 95th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
& Olcott Family Award recipient, Jurors: David Campany & Larissa Goldston
2017 Second Place, The Story of Art, Pequot Library, Fairfield, CT
Jurors: Helen Klisser During & Adrienne Conzelman
2013 Grand Prize winner, Images 2013, Fairfield Museum & History Center, Fairfield, CT. Awarded
solo show at Southport Galleries, Southport, CT
2010 Fellowship for photography from the CT Commission on Culture and Tourism.
2008 First Place, 31st Annual Juried Exhibition, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT Juror: Benjamin Genocchio
2008 Second Place, 59th Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT Juror: Thom Collins
2007 Second Place, SPECTRA Photography Triennial, Silvermine Galleries, Juror: Peter MacGill
2006 Publication in The Photo Review, Langhorne, PA, (2006 & 2003)
Steven Madwed Photography Award, 57th Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Galleries
2005 Participant, Review Santa Fe, Santa Fe Center for Photography, Santa Fe, NM
Director’s Choice Award, 56th Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Galleries
1995 Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
1993 T. C. Coley Award, outstanding artistic achievement, Photography, RISD
Activities
Artist Guild Member, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT (since 2006)
Board of Directors, Educational Video Center, New York, NY (Member since 2001, President 2 terms)
Publications
2022 Semaphore, monograph, published by Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany
Everyday Delight, A Shutter Hub Editions Publication, London, UK
Yearbook 2022, A Shutter Hub Editions Publication, London, UK
Presentations
2022 Artist Talk & book Signing: Semaphore, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2007 Radius Brown Bag Lunch series, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2002 The Photography Institute-National Graduate Seminar, Columbia University, New York, NY
2001 Worcester State College, Worcester, MA
1998 Teacher’s College Columbia University, New York, NY
1995 White Pines College, Chester, NH
Selected Collections
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Danforth Art Museum, Framingham State University, MA
Fine Art Collection at Montefiore Einstein, NY
AllianceBernstein, New York, NY
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Sue & John Wieland Collection at WareHouse, Atlanta, GA
James Dayton, Minneapolis, MN
Louise Eastman, New York, NY
Susan O’Brien Lyons, Chicago, IL
Ariel Shanberg, Woodstock, NY
Robert Stevens, New York, NY
James Westwater, Santa Fe, NM
John F. Wieland, Jr., Atlanta, GA
Selected Bibliography
Mathes, Emma. Flash Fiction: Step by Step, Musée Magazine, August 2, 2024
Blaustein, Jonathan. Photo Feature Friday: Torrance York, Sunshine & Ollie, A Culture & lifestyle blog from Taos, NM, by July 5, 2024
Ross, Megan. "Torrance York: Semaphore, Lenscratch”, September 30, 2022, (photographs)
Sherriff, Scarlett. “The Power of Creating Something Cannot Be Overstated”, Interview with Torrance York,
Parkinson’s Life, September 22, 2022 (photographs)
Alterwitz, Linda. “Torrance York: Art + Science Award – Honorable Mention” Feature, Lenscratch,
November 14, 2021, (photographs)
“Solo exhibition of landscape photographs by Torrance York opens at Littlejohn Contemporary”,
“York takes grand prize in juried photo exhibition”, New Canaan Advertiser, May 27, 2013
Guiomar, Tina. “Torrance York Functional Ground Series: A Utopia of Utilitarianism”, The Boulevard,
October-November 2008 (photographs)
Helle, Nancy. “Torrance York: A Different Perspective” Artist Showcase, New Canaan Darien Magazine,
April 2008 (photographs)
“Where in the World is Torrance York”, New Canaan Advertiser, January 10, 2008 (photographs)
Birke, Judy. “Haskins; Environmental Show Informs, Warms”, New Haven Register, October 21, 2007
“Library Shows York’s ‘Point of Place’ In New Exhibit”, New Canaan News-Review, October 18, 2007
(photograph)
“Local Photographer Second in National Show at Silvermine”, New Canaan Advertiser, October 11, 2007
“Northern Exposure: Iconic Images of Connecticut”, Connecticut Cottages & Gardens, September 2007
(photograph) Feature including Five Connecticut Fine Art Photographers
Genocchio, Benjamin. “Ready for This Close-Up?”, The New York Times, May 13, 2007 (photograph)
Untitled 9174 from the Semaphore project